This is a real-life civil mobilization situation during the historic flood in Central Vietnam in 2020, when the Battalion participated in transporting relief goods to help people. The members of the team performing the skit all "got into character, knew the part" and performed very naturally.

Not only the skit of the team from Battalion 682, but also the skits of all teams impressed the judges and the audience. Typical examples include the skit “The Story of Mr. Ngát’s House” by the team from Battalion 102 with the situation of mobilizing people to donate land for road construction; the skit “Belief” by the team from Battalion 52 about the situation of mobilizing people to comply with traffic safety, not using alcohol when participating in traffic; Battalion 679 with a skit mobilizing people to comply with the Road Traffic Law...

Greeting performance by the team from Battalion 682.

Following the competition, we noticed that the contestants were enthusiastic and responsible; the teams' performances strictly followed the rules and regulations, ensuring quality. To achieve that result, since the end of February 2023, Brigade 971 has implemented a plan to organize the "Skillful Civil Affairs" Competition in 2023 and established 5 teams including: Agency and Repair Workshop, Battalion 682, Battalion 102, Battalion 52 and Battalion 679. The teams have seriously prepared from the stage of building the script, selecting people to form the team to organizing training to participate in the competition.

Through the forms of dramatization, poetry, folk songs, plays... the teams brought unique and attractive performances, vividly reflecting the real situations that officers and soldiers had to face while performing their duties. The "actors" with their simple and familiar acting style, mostly used their real-life experiences in handling situations that had happened to convince the judges and the audience. This also partly demonstrated the spirit and meaningful work of people working in mass mobilization "thinking, seeing, listening, walking, speaking, and working".

Greeting contest of the Agency and Repair Shop teams.

Each skit in the competition demonstrated the ingenuity in mobilizing people to implement the Party and State's guidelines and policies, building "good mass mobilization units"... reflecting stories about mass mobilization work that they often see somewhere in their daily lives. Another noteworthy point of the competition that needs to be mentioned is the enthusiasm and sense of responsibility of each contestant and of individuals from the twinned units in the area where the unit is stationed.

The success of the 2023 "Skillful Mass Mobilization" Competition is not only of practical significance to the officers and soldiers of Brigade 971 but also an opportunity to strengthen solidarity and attachment with the people in the stationed area and the twinned agencies and units. Thereby, the teams have the opportunity to learn more experiences from other teams to apply and concretize in their work. Through the competition, the Party Committee and the Brigade commander can actually assess the quality of the team of Party Committee members in charge of mass mobilization work and mass mobilization working groups in agencies and units, contributing positively to the innovation and improvement of the quality and effectiveness of the Brigade's mass mobilization work in the new situation.

Article and photos: NGUYEN MANH HUAN